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Introduction
Nepal
Water For Health (NEWAH) is an organisation that works throughout
rural Nepal providing clean drinking water, sanitation and health
education. Established in 1992, it is the largest national NGO
specialising in the rural water and sanitation sector in the
country. It is non-political and non-profit making. NEWAH has a
written constitution, is registered with the District
Administration Office and is affiliated with the Social Welfare
Council. It has an Executive Committee responsible for policy
decisions.
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NEWAH Aims
NEWAH
aims to improve the standard of living of poor people in Nepal by
supporting community development initiatives.
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NEWAH's Vision
All
the people of Nepal have access to safe water, sanitation and
hygiene education.
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Achievements to Date
NEWAH
has assisted 116 local NGOs and 89 Small Farmers' Development
Program (SFDP) offices, to complete:
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2,429 community tap stands serving 151075 people with clean
water:
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3,837 tube-wells serving 295,490 people with clean water;
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30 hand dug wells serving 8,000 people with clean water;
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12,247 domestic latrines benefiting 97,976 people with safe
sanitation facilities;
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7 public latrines in semi-urban areas;
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training for 15,029 NGO, SFDP , Women's Credit Groups and
community groups
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(project management committee members) in hygiene education and
maintenance..
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The NEWAH Approach
Participation:
NEWAH encourages the community to take a lead in planning,
construction, operation and maintenance of new facilities by using
participatory approaches. This aims to ensure the community is the
owner of the facilities.
Partnerships:
NEWAH forms partnerships with locally based NGOs, Small Farmer's
Groups, Women's Credit Groups and community groups to implement
projects.
Technology Choice:
NEWAH encourages the use of technologies, which the communities
can afford and maintain by themselves, in both water and
sanitation sector.
Integration:
NEWAH integrates water, sanitation and hygiene education as an
approach to community water service delivery.
Sustainability:
Building the capacity of local NGOs and community groups to
construct, manage, operate and maintain infrastructure projects is
an integral part of NEWAH's work.
Empowerment:
"NEWAH believes that by working with communities in implementing
water and sanitation projects the people will realise their
potential for improving their lives, and so work towards other
development orientated activities."
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Relation between NEWAH and Local NGOs
NEWAH implements all its projects through local partners (NGOs,
Small Farmer's Groups and Women's Credit Groups) These partners
are village-based and generally have very limited organisational,
accounts, management and technical skills. Therefore, NEWAH
provides training to these partners including community health
volunteer training, project management community training and
basic training for caretakers.
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The Community
The community contribute to the projects through managing the
workforce, planning activities, labour; site clearance; excavation
work; collection of local materials such as stone, aggregate and
sand; stone breaking and transportation of these materials to the
site.
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Future Objectives
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To
increase poor people's access to clean water and sanitation
services;
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to
conduct research and development in the drinking water and
sanitation sector so as to improve delivery mechanisms and
document best practice;
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to
improve linkages with sector agencies;
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to
involve NGOs in water and sanitation activities at the policy
level;
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to include funding activities within NEWAH to reduce donor
dependency;
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to
provide training opportunities for researchers and students, and
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to
expand development activities beyond water, health and
sanitation.
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Contact
Nepal Water For Health (NEWAH)
POB 4231
Baluwatar, Kathmandu.
Phone 417603, 418248
Fax 414099
Email: newah@mos.com.np
Website: www.newah.org.np
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